Potter v. Northrup Banking Co.

The plaintiffs in error were indebted to the defendant in error the Norbhrup Banking Company, upon promisory notes, one for $800, and one for $8400. Suit was brought, upon these notes, and the amounts of certain insurance policies, due to the plaintiff in error Anna Potter, were garnished in the hands of the insurance companies. The plaintiffs in error opposed the application of the insurance money to the payment of the notes, upon the ground that it was due for a loss sustained by the burning of a building owned and occupied by them as a homestead, and therefore exempt under the…